Are size 8 shoes extinct?

Lorrs33

My mam and I just spent two hours in town today looking for a comfortable pair of Skechers in a size 8 and there was none. They were for my mam, she finds they're more comfortable than other shoes and I felt so bad for her when every shop told us that 7 was their highest size. I am 8 also and it's a real pain, not just for Skechers. It's also impossible to find D size bras! Anyone else have this issue?

Larianne

I thought places were getting better with larger sized shoes for ladies. I take a size 7 1/2 or an 8 and I have found more places do have my size.

Maybe its just that particular brand don't do a larger size shoe?

Wouldn't have that issue with bras though. :pac:

RuthieRose

Try the web site and see if they make them in a size 8 and then the shop can order them in for you... Also try TKMaxx. My sister is a size 9 and had to buy her shoes off the internet for years till TKMaxx came along.

*Angel*

If you know Skechers are comfortable for your mam then maybe you should buy them online and save yourself the hassle! Maybe try schuh.co.uk, i'm sure there's many other sites too, it's probably your best bet.

Xiney

I take a 9

If they're getting rid of 8s then there's no hope for me.

Michellenman

I work in Barratts and we stock skechers up to a size nine in most styles afaik.
A fair few of our other brands also start in a one and go up a nine.

McChubbin

Be thankful you're only an 8. I sport a pair of size 10/11 canal boats for feet.
Spent my life living in men's sneakers until the internet came along but even then, I've yet to find shoes that are in my prce range. :rolleyes::(

Blue_Light

New Looks do 8! Well they did up to six months ago or so. Although sizes can be hard to get in there, they tend to just get whatever is shipped over to them, rather than actually being able to order the ones they don't have.

Xiney

new look even does a 9 in most shoes. not in boots though, which is annoying...

phasers

I've found that more shops are stocking size 8s (and more 9s as well, which is nice) but there are more women with size 8 feet nowadays so there's less to go around! All I ever seem to come across are tons of size 5s and maybe one pair of 8s. The shops don't order enough bigger sizes.


And don't get me started on D cup bras, for some reason most shops stop at 38C :mad:

McChubbin

phasers wrote: »

And don't get me started on D cup bras, for some reason most shops stop at 38C :mad:

Have you been in Penneys in Swords Pavillions? The racks would be teaming with D cup bras on any given day of the week!

While we're on the subject of shoes, has anyone tried Cinderella Shoes in Stephen's Green Shopping centre? They have some lovely stuff that's not too dear. Got a nice pair of pink leather mules a year or two ago that don't have that horrid "orthepedic shoe" look most big sized footwear tends to gravitate towards.

Twee.

Topshop do size 8 in all their shoes, online and in store.

Seren_

My friend has size 8 feet, and she gets a lot of shoes in Penneys and Dunnes actually, although it does take a lot of rooting about!

Acoshla

I'm an 8 and I find it pretty easy to get them, but definitely look online.

Rozabeez

I've noticed that a lot of size 8s are too nig now, and no my feet didn't shrink.. shops just seem to be getting more accommodating to us big footed wimmins. Sketchers definitely make an 8 because I had a pair of shoes made by them years ago.

Alicat

I'm an 8 too. Never have any luck in the sales, just six million pairs of 5's and 6's

Now I feel like a bit of a weirdo. I wear a size 5! >.>
But I'm only 5'3-ish. Please tell me you guys are giants!

As for the D cup thing I've had no problem in general trying to find bras. But fancy ones; that's a different story. All the nicest ones are B cups at most in my experience v.v

MJOR

yeah i am an eight and lots of styles don't come in the bigger sizes. Clarks and new look are normally ok though

Michellenman

Deleted User wrote: »

Now I feel like a bit of a weirdo. I wear a size 5! >.>
But I'm only 5'3-ish. Please tell me you guys are giants!

As for the D cup thing I've had no problem in general trying to find bras. But fancy ones; that's a different story. All the nicest ones are B cups at most in my experience v.v

I think giants is a bit harsh to be fair. I know people who are 5'5'' and under who have feet bigger than you'd expect. Similarly I know people who are over 5'7'' who take a size 4! There's even a woman who comes in to my shop and has one foot a size 5 and the other is a size 9! Everyone is different!

MJOR

i am 5;5 and an 8

jenny4385

evans on henry street go up to a size 10 in their shoe section.. shoes are lovely n wide fit so the heels dont cut the feet off ya... bras go up to a j as well

Michellenman

Michellenman wrote: »

I think giants is a bit harsh to be fair. I know people who are 5'5'' and under who have feet bigger than you'd expect. Similarly I know people who are over 5'7'' who take a size 4! There's even a woman who comes in to my shop and has one foot a size 5 and the other is a size 9! Everyone is different!

I was criticising myself, really. My feet are freakishly small
Though it does explain my terrible balance

Michellenman

I would've though a size 5 is around an average size. I take a 3 myself.

Pythia

I'm an 8 and a D and I don't have any problems!

lil'bug

woopie i'm not alone i'm a size 9 to 10 5ft8 (i'm not really a lil'bug) and i hate shoe shopping alot of places that do size 9 are a small fitting i find

biZrb

I'm a size 8 and find it really hard to find shoes, Pennys and some shops have small sizes so an 8 never fits me. Shops never have a size 8 in stock, then they usually say to me I have them in a 7, they're a big fit, so maybe you should try them on...so I do but they never fit!

I always thought size 8s were really uncommon...but I guess from the replys in this thread I was wrong!

lonestargirl

Office do up to a 42 which I think corresponds to an 8.5 in Irish sizes and fits me perfectly. Just like clothes an 8 in one shop is not the same as an 8 in another, Faith 8s are tiny.

Blush_01

phasers wrote: »

And don't get me started on D cup bras, for some reason most shops stop at 38C :mad:

No lingerie shops I know of stop at a C cup. Finding a G or H however is another kettle of fish.

I'm a wide 8 or 9 which is tough, although Evans are great for wide shoes (even if they look a bit sloppy design wise - I like neat lines and they tend to look a bit clunky).

Xiney

never liked the shoes in evans. fugly.

Rozabeez

I'm surprised here at some of the responses, I always find I hit the jackpot in the sales because nobody else has boat feet New Look sales are brilliant, always get the Dunnes ones too, and Schuh aren't too bad either!

Emme

Michellenman wrote: »

I would've though a size 5 is around an average size. I take a 3 myself.

I'm a 4 or 5 depending on the shoe and 5'5 which is a smaller shoe size than most of my friends, even those the same height. I would have thought that 6 or 7 is average for most Irish women but I've noticed that foreign women tend to have smaller feet in relation to their height.

I thought that shoe shops were copping on to the demand for bigger shoes in Ireland. If you can't find a particular size on the street go to the internet, it's never been easier!

Xiney

I don't particularly like to order shoes online - I broke my right foot when I was 15 and had to have surgery on it, they removed a bone. It hasn't exactly been right since so I really need to try shoes on to see how they feel.

Blush_01

Xiney wrote: »

never liked the shoes in evans. fugly.

Their flats aren't that bad.

Lorrs33

Lorrs33 wrote: »

My mam and I just spent two hours in town today looking for a comfortable pair of Skechers in a size 8 and there was none. They were for my mam, she finds they're more comfortable than other shoes and I felt so bad for her when every shop told us that 7 was their highest size. I am 8 also and it's a real pain, not just for Skechers. It's also impossible to find D size bras! Anyone else have this issue?

I hate going into shoe shops now because none of the nice ones ever have a size 8!! :mad:

M.Pool

I'm a size 8 and find shoe shopping a nightmare. Usually I'll end up buying a pair of shoes because they fit, not because I particularly like them.
What I've noticed recently is a major confusion in shops regarding the European sizes. 42 was always a size 8 as far as I knew. In 3 shops lately I've been told a 42 is a size 9 and not stocked at all. They give me the 41 which never fits. One shop even told me a 42 is a mans size 8 and a womans size 8 is a 41. Total rubbish. Also I've really narrow feet so clarkes which are one of the few shops which stock size 8 are too wide. I spend a fortune on heel grips!

Lollipops23

I take an 8-have to say I find it much easier these days to find shoes.8-10 years ago it was nigh on impossible to find nice cheap shoes. It may just be sketchers have stopped doing them?

PS I also wear a D cup bra-it's more that shops don't stock ENOUGH of them-they're always out of them in M&S and Clerys.

sillisome fiend

Xiney wrote: »

new look even does a 9 in most shoes. not in boots though, which is annoying...

I've got a few pairs of size 9 boots from New Look, they seem to sell out pretty fast though. The New Look in The Square is small but they always seem to have more of the bigger sizes left compared to Liffey Valley and Blanchardstown.

Recently size 8 in New Look seems to be fitting me though, strange as that would not have been the case a year ago!

corryworry

Great to find see some fellow size 8 girls! I used to find it quite hard to get size 8 shoes but now it's so easy. I swear by new look shoes, they have shoes for all occasions and always on trend. I have a lovely pair for a wedding on route from the wonders of online shopping. The great thing about the new look website is that they don't have a sterling price and a euro price - everyone pays the sterling so you get whatever the exchange rate is on the day and they post to ROI for a resonable £5.
I find that size 8s are always in the sales, it's great!
Another plus is that none of my friends can borrow my shoes cause they don't fit them, hate the thought of someone elses trotters in my shoes

banshee_bones

Ha! So happy there are so many other female size 8's out there! I thought I was a rare and dying breed!

I don't find it too difficult, except there would be the odd style or shoe that I really like and wont be able to get and once I even got sent to the mens section in Schuh for a look! I think the womens section must have been alllll outta size 8's that day :rolleyes:

But yeah I have recently got Keds, Uggs and loads of shoes in Office in Dublin, New Look have stocked 8's in the past and iv got stuff from Topshop too

Nevyn

If you go to shops when their new lines are put out you may get a size 8, leave it any longer and it's tough luck.

Larianne

banshee_bones wrote: »

Ha! So happy there are so many other female size 8's out there! I thought I was a rare and dying breed!

I don't find it too difficult, except there would be the odd style or shoe that I really like and wont be able to get and once I even got sent to the mens section in Schuh for a look! I think the womens section must have been alllll outta size 8's that day :rolleyes:

That happened me in there too once. :mad:

"That's the mens section"

"no it's not"

"okay then, byeeeeeeeee"

M.Pool

I went shoe shopping in Paris once. When I politely asked for my size the sales woman told me they didn't stock men's sizes!!!!!!!(Snooty cow) Last time I ever looked for shoes in Paris.

Oo..

why is there such a big problem with shops stocking larger than a size 7??! its extremely frustrating.

i didnt realise that there were so many women that are a size 8/9, but considering the amount the shops should really make it easier for us to get shoes there,lets face it a shop that sells size 8+ will have a lot of business.

will save shopping in the mens shoe section too:)

as for the op's question, size 8 feet arent extinct but the shoes certainly are!!!:mad:

tweety_bird

Oo.. wrote: »

why is there such a big problem with shops stocking larger than a size 7??! its extremely frustrating.

i didnt realise that there were so many women that are a size 8/9, but considering the amount the shops should really make it easier for us to get shoes there,lets face it a shop that sells size 8+ will have a lot of business.

will save shopping in the mens shoe section too:)

as for the op's question, size 8 feet arent extinct but the shoes certainly are!!!:mad:

ive a size 8 shoe too and like so many other ladies on here find it so hard to find nice,inexpensive shoes. Im a size 9 in some shops. All my sisters have size 8+ feet and if there was a shop dedicated in larger shoe sizes for ladies I would definately buy there.

Eviledna

Oh don't get me started. I'm a size 8, and I recently tried to order new runners from that runner-revolution site.
Chose pretty pink nikes, selected size 8 on the site and paid. Then received a phone call to let me know that they do not stock those particular shoes in

"Mens sizes"

as they were womens' style. :eek:

Suffice to say that particular person received a less than friendly response from me! But it was the case, nothing beyond a size 7 in the girly colours, so I had to order a boyish blue colour.
I felt like giant feet woman

Got the runners in the end, and didn't they send me a 7.5. Ugh.:rolleyes:

tweety_bird

tweety_bird wrote: »

ive a size 8 shoe too and like so many other ladies on here find it so hard to find nice,inexpensive shoes. Im a size 9 in some shops. All my sisters have size 8+ feet and if there was a shop dedicated in larger shoe sizes for ladies I would definately buy there.

My friend was telling me there's a shop in st stephens green somewhere that specialises in it. I don't know what it's called and I haven't been there, but if you're nearby try and see

Larianne

Its called Cinderella shoes. I've never been myself!

http://www.cinderellashoes.ie/

Ooh dunno if I'd be a fan of the shoes there. Some of the sandals are okay though.

Oh you're a gem!
some look nice, though 250 euro for the work shoes... :eek:

Degringola

Ladies, this shop is well worth a try, they are based in Dundalk and you can also buy over their website. No, I don't work for them but I have bought from them. Take a 42 myself, which I always considered a size 8 but according them is a size 9.

http://www.large-size-designer-shoes.co.uk/Static/the_shoe_room

http://www.large-size-designer-shoes.co.uk/Shop_by_Size/

terlywerly

My sister in law always makes a point of going to that Cinderella shoes in Dublin when she's there (she's a size 9). Usually can get the odd pair in TK Maxx as well on a very good day. She claims the Galway branch is especially good for them. I'm fortunate in that I usually take a 6/6.5.
Now as for bras... totally different story looking for a JJ cup in this country

haze,

I'm another size 8 gal- this forum is like a support thread for all us big footed ladies. Ha ha- thought I was the only one for years lol!!! Shoe shopping was a nightmare ten years ago but it's much better nowadays. The problem with the size 8's is that they dont send enough of them into the shops. I'm always hearing from the assistants that they just fly out of the shops. No problems ordering them in for me though. Shue & tkmaxx & clarkes are the only places I ever get shoes on sale